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mark12_30 · 10-13-2002, 08:42 AM

My only concern is: this started out to be a stealth operation. Is it growing now to a point that it should have made it into the annals of Numenorean history? Big jailbreak just before the sinking where lots of men flooded to the nine ships sounds like something Tolkien would have mentioned.

You're a softie like me, Sharon, and I love you for it. But could the nine ships have handled, as additional crewmembers and passengers, an entire prison's worth of faithful?

In the same vein: I love the Black Dragon Rescue-- but if we make too spectacular, like open confrontation with Gorthaur, we lose credibility. (Why wasn't that mentioned in the Alkallabeth?)

The Gondolin work was easily blended into existing history; the characters were minor, or, when we included Tuor and Idril, the events were easily overlooked by the writers of What Was Important. Let's not lose that. Our rescue/escape battle is expanding and expanding, and it makes me nervous for the same reason. Ulmo's fog or not, we're heading for non-anonymity if we're not careful.

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10-13-2002, 08:42 AM	#412
mark12_30 Stormdancer of Doom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars Posts: 4,349	My only concern is: this started out to be a stealth operation. Is it growing now to a point that it should have made it into the annals of Numenorean history? Big jailbreak just before the sinking where lots of men flooded to the nine ships sounds like something Tolkien would have mentioned. You're a softie like me, Sharon, and I love you for it. But could the nine ships have handled, as additional crewmembers and passengers, an entire prison's worth of faithful? In the same vein: I love the Black Dragon Rescue-- but if we make too spectacular, like open confrontation with Gorthaur, we lose credibility. (Why wasn't that mentioned in the Alkallabeth?) The Gondolin work was easily blended into existing history; the characters were minor, or, when we included Tuor and Idril, the events were easily overlooked by the writers of What Was Important. Let's not lose that. Our rescue/escape battle is expanding and expanding, and it makes me nervous for the same reason. Ulmo's fog or not, we're heading for non-anonymity if we're not careful. [ October 13, 2002: Message edited by: mark12_30 ] __________________ ...down to the water to see the elves dance and sing upon the midsummer's eve.